"Data Tools" is a vast domain, yet there are a fairly small number of foundational
requirements when developing with or managing data-centric systems. A developer is
interested in an environment that is easy to configure, one in which the challenges of
application development are due to the problem domain, not the complexity of the tools employed.
Data management, whether by a developer working on an application, or an administrator maintaining
or monitoring a production system, should also provide a consistent, highly usable environment
that works well with associated technologies.

The Data Tools Platform (DTP)
project provides a set of frameworks and basic tools to enable data-centric development in a variety
of data types, including databases (via JDBC) and ODA data sources (for BIRT reporting). The frameworks
are open to allow common interfaces (both API and user interface) across different types of data.

DTP is broken into a number of sub-projects. This project plan focuses on the Incubator project, which hosts new development in areas that are relevant to the other